Picked up a Stampede 4x4!!

[josh9mille]

Originally Posted by lincpimp

Picked up some 1/4" steel brake line, slightly too big for the lst shaft. I think welding will be fine, but I would like to find a decent tube should I want to extend any of these shafts. They are great for center cvds, as the lst1 wheels shafts, and all of the other center lsoi shafts can be swapped on the various cvd cups and axles.

Something you might not know about brake line: In the last year or so they changed the metal it is made out of and it is softer than the stuff they had in the past. They did this so it will bend easier and it also is able to bend back straight and not kink or tear like the old stuff. The reason i bring this up is because it might not be as strong as you need. I actually built my own brake system for my drag car last winter without the use of a tubing bender, just my hands, something i was never able to do before with older stuff. Just an FYI.

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Originally Posted by asheck

Well thanks, you convinced me. SHHH, don't tell Harold.

Originally Posted by Bondonutz

Harold will be jealous ?

Honestly, I don't know why you guys say things like that.

Anyway... Looking good snuggle bunny!! err... umm... Lincpimp

[lincpimp]

Originally Posted by josh9mille

Something you might not know about brake line: In the last year or so they changed the metal it is made out of and it is softer than the stuff they had in the past. They did this so it will bend easier and it also is able to bend back straight and not kink or tear like the old stuff. The reason i bring this up is because it might not be as strong as you need. I actually built my own brake system for my drag car last winter without the use of a tubing bender, just my hands, something i was never able to do before with older stuff. Just an FYI.

Yeah, it does seem different. I remember brake line was zinc coated this stuff is painted. I will have to look online and see if I can get a high grade of steel tube, maybe even hardened.

For these cvds I just plan to cut and weld them. They should be just fine.